The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-07
AT HOME ON THE RAIL.
THE vESTIBULE TRAINS TO BE
RUN SOUTH NEXT WINTER.

From New YORK TO JackSonVllle IN
| Thirty-One Hours -Sleepers, Dining
Cars, Smokers and Buffet Cars all in
One Train-No Noise, No Dust, No
| Discomfort-The Latest Invention
in Railroad Accommodations.
| The famous vestibule trains that win run
/ over the Atlantic Coast Line next season,
connecting New York and Jacksonville,
| Fla, will indeed be a triumph in railroad
improvements and IA credit to the system
that adopted it. The Southern travel will,
doubtless, greatly appreciate such efforts
| for their comfort and pleasure and the re-
suit will be a large increase of South
ern tourists. These trains are
new feature In railroad service
and show what results inventions of this
kind may attain. This will be the most
| luxuriant train of cars ever known, being
| furnished with sleeping accommodations,
dining, smoking and bath rooms, and will
be the first of its kind in the world. I'M
agine Pullman car drawn out to the full
| length of a six-car train, and slight idea is
| obtained of what these trains will be. The
cars themselves combine all the ele
CANT and luxuriant appointments of the
| famous Pullman parlor cars. Every essen
pleasure OF the traveller is supplied.
LUxURIAET APPOINTMENTS.
Instead of the usual platform at each end
of the car the sides and top of the cars are
extended, SO to speak, and connect closely,
a patent arrangement of rubber cushions,
| fitting on steel faces, producing dust-proof
joint and at the same time arranging for
the swing of the car while rounding curves.
The outside appearance of the train is
simply that of one long car, with the usual
steps at intervals. The interior finish is
superb, and nothing is neglected The en-
tire train is carpeted throughout its full
length, and a person walking through would
have no idea of its being composed of
| separate cars. But anyone looking for
the entrance to car of this
character would look in vain if
he was seeking for an open platform.
Instead of that on ascending the three steps
the passenger finds a door before him.
Pressing an electric button at his side the
| door flies open and polite and attentive
porter stands before him, ready to cater to
all his wants. Ii is certainly decided adj
vance in railroad inventions and n great in
novation over the old style and worthy of
the great system that always stands in nd
vance in seeking the comfort, convenience,
pleasure and safety of its passengers.
COSTLY BUT COMFORTABLE.
Two of these these trains are now build
ing, at a cost of $l60,0o0. They will be
built regardless of expense, and they will
combine all the modern improvements and
| inventions, and will be the finest cars in
every respect ever constructed. Each train
will comprise six cars, o baggage
car, smoker 6ining-r0om car
and three slecpers. The smoker
VIII be handsomely mashed and we'll fitted
up for the comfort OF users Of the weed. A
added and many other things that go to
promote the comfort of travellers are pro-
vided. The dining-room will be the feature
| of the train and the cuisine will be of the
best. The menu will be ample and it is the
boast of the railroad people that they in
tend to furnish meals equal to the best
hotels of New York and other cities One
car will run FROM New York to Weldon,
| n. c., and anQJher from Charleston to
Jacksonville This will furnish fresh sup
plies all the while The buffet, of course,
will contain ymple refreshments, solid and
| liquid, for all so inclined.
no DEADLY STOVES
The sleePers. of course, will be superb in
| every respect. In the dav time an arrange
ment is provided whereby each seat can be
made u compartment by itself, allowing the
| strictest privacy and quiet to parties. In
the make up of the train the railroad people
dShln SHOW IlIeH ueSlTb 10 make UIleSt UH6
| most popular trains In America. The bag
gage car will come next after the tender,
then the three passenger cars, fol-
| lowed by the dining room car and
| the smoker. Thus all odors from
| these cnrs' will be avoided The en-
tire train will be heated by steam, and
| lighted by the electric light. In sum and
substance they combine the maximum of
ease, comfort and pleasure, and the mini
l M Inns
! teynplated schedule is fast one, too. Leav-
I ing New York at about $3.50 in the morning,
Che train will reach Savannah at IL o'clock
I the next morning, and Jacksonville, Fla, at
1 O'Clock in the afternoon, making
the entire distance in about thirty
one hours, remarkable record even in this
age of fast trains and quick time These
trains will he placed on the route Jan
next and will make new era in Southern
railroad enterprise. They will be run tri-
| weekly, leaving each place Mondays,
| Wednesdays and Saturdays, thus giving
ample facilities.
IMPROVING THE ROADS.
The management of the Savannah and
| Charleston and the Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad are making every effort
to have their roads put in the best condition
possible The Charleston line is being reaid
| with 60-pound steel rails The wooden
bridges ON both roads are being replaced
with iron ones of the latest approved form.
On the Charleston road two iron bridges are
being placed in position, one over the Asha-
poo river and the other over Rantowle's
creek. On the Savannah, Florida and
Western line a five-span iron structure is
taking the place of the present wooden bridge
over the Alapaha river Five large and
modern locomotives are now being built for
the system by the Rhode Island Locomotive
Works, two of them having six-foot drivers
and made extra strong otherwise. These
latter will rush the vestibule trains through
Altogether it looks as if the Plant system
had determined TO break up the so-callcd
Western tourist travel, and had played its
trump card first, by presenting these extra
ordinary inducements TO the travelling pub
lie, Certainly if anything would attract
the tourist travel, the vestibule train with
all its attendant comforts and ease would